Display port connector

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a display port connector, comprises: a housing; a base member; a first terminal set having plural first terminals, and each first terminal has a contact portion, a bended portion and a pin, wherein an arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bended portion and the contact portion and another arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bended portion and the pin; and a second terminal set having plural second terminals, each second terminal has a contact portion, a bended portion and a pin, the contact portion is received in the second terminal slot, the pin is exposed outside the housing, wherein an arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bended portion and the contact portion and another arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bended portion and the pin. After being assembled, the display port connector of the present invention is capable of receiving a display port plug, and the arc-shaped bending parts can be served to shorten the signal transmission distance for being advantageous for high frequency transmission.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention:

The present invention relates to a display port connector, especially toa display port connector capable of receiving a display port plug andthe terminal thereof being installed with two arc-shaped bending partsfor reducing signal transmission distance for being beneficial for highfrequency transmission.

2. Description of Related Art:

With the development of technology, the resolution of a display device,e.g. a liquid display or liquid crystal television, has been increasing,and the liquid crystal television in the marketplace is often equippedwith a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) or a display portinterface for connecting to a computer or other audio/video devices;wherein the HDMI can support up to resolution of 1600x1200, whichutilizes a HDMI disport port connector having 19 pins. The display portinterface is the next generation of HDMI which can support up toresolution of 2560x1600 and utilize a display port connector having 20pins.

Referring to FIG. 1, which is a schematic side view of a terminal ofconventional display port connector. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal100 of a conventional display port connector is installed with a contactportion 110, a bended portion 120 and a pin 130; three bending parts121, 122 and 123 are formed between the contact portion 110 and the pin130, wherein the bending angle of each bending part is different and thebending part 123 is almost bended to right angle (90 DEG), such that thesignal transmission path of the terminal 100 is prolonged, and theright-angle bending part 123 is not advantageous for the transmission ofhigh frequency signals.

So how to develop a novel display port connector capable of improvingthe mentioned shortages shall be conceded.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

One primary object of the present invention is to provide a display portconnector capable of receiving a display port plug.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a display portconnector in which a terminal being installed with two arc-shapedbending parts for reducing the signal transmission path so as to beadvantageous for high frequency transmission.

One another object of the present invention is to provide a display portconnector in which a plurality of partition slots being installed at therear side of a base member for accommodating plural pins and forseparating the pins and allowing the pins have same heights.

Still one another object of the present invention is to provide adisplay port connector in which a bump being installed on a contactportion for fastening the contact portion in a base member so as toprevent a terminal from up/down shaking

For achieving the objects mentioned above, the present inventionprovides a display port connector, comprises: a housing having anaccommodating space; a base member received in the accommodating space,the front end thereof is extended with a tongue piece, a top surface ofthe tongue piece is installed with a plurality of first terminal slots,a bottom surface of the tongue piece is installed with a plurality ofsecond terminal slots, and the first terminal slots and the secondterminal slot are staggered with an up/down arrangement means; a firstterminal set having plural first terminals, each first terminal has acontact portion, a bended portion and a pin, the contact portion isreceived in the first terminal slot, the pin is exposed outside thehousing, wherein an arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bendedportion and the contact portion and another arc-shaped bending part isformed between the bended portion and the pin; and a second terminal sethaving plural second terminals, each second terminal has a contactportion, a bended portion and a pin, the contact portion is received inthe second terminal slot, the pin is exposed outside the housing,wherein an arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bended portionand the contact portion and another arc-shaped bending part is formedbetween the bended portion and the pin.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a terminal of conventional displayport connector;

FIG. 2 a is a schematic front exploded view of the display portconnector of one preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 b is a schematic rear exploded view of the display port connectorof one preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 a is a schematic enlarged view of the first terminal of thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 b is a schematic enlarged view of the second terminal of thepresent invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the assembly of the display port connectorof the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring from FIG. 2 a to FIG. 4, wherein FIG. 2 a is a schematic frontexploded view of the display port connector of one preferred embodimentof the present invention; FIG. 2 b is a schematic rear exploded view ofthe display port connector of one preferred embodiment of the presentinvention; FIG. 3 a is a schematic enlarged view of the first terminalof the present invention; FIG. 3 b is a schematic enlarged view of thesecond terminal of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic view ofthe assembly of the display port connector of the present invention.

As shown in figures, the display port connector provided by the presentinvention comprises: a housing 10; a base member 20; a first terminalset 30; and a second terminal set 40.

The housing 10 is installed with an accommodating space 11. The housing10 is made of, e.g. but not limited to, metal material, which is aconventional arts and is not the feature of the present invention,therefore no further illustration is provided. The right side of thehousing 10 has an oblique surface 12 having a first opening 13, thefirst opening 13 is installed with a buckling portion 14. Moreover,bottom ends of two lateral walls of the housing 10 are further installedwith at least one welding sheet 15 for being installed and fastened on aprinted circuit board (not shown), for achieving the purpose offastening.

The top wall and the bottom wall of the housing 10 are respectivelyinstalled with a second opening 16 having an inward-bended groundingresilient sheet 17. The rear end of the housing 10 has a shield sheet 18connected to the housing 10 through two connecting arms 19, an longinterval is defined between the shield sheet 18 and the bottom end ofthe housing 10 for assembling the base member 20.

The base member 20 is received in the accommodating space 11, and ispreferably made of insulation material, and the front end thereof isextended with a tongue piece 21, a top surface 211 of the tongue piece21 is formed with a plurality of first terminal slots 212, a bottomsurface 213 of the tongue piece 21 is formed with a plurality of secondterminal slots 214, and the first terminal slots 212 and the secondterminal slots 214 are staggered with an up/down arrangement means.Wherein the first terminal slots 212 are, e.g. but not limited to,disposed on the top surface 211 of the tongue piece 21, the secondterminal slots 214 are, e.g. but not limited to, disposed on the bottomsurface 213 of the tongue piece 21. Moreover, two lateral sides of therear end of the base member 20 are respectively provided with a latchingblock 22, 23.

The first terminal set 30 has a plurality of first terminals 301, thequantity thereof is ten and disposed on the top surface 211 of thetongue piece 21, as shown in FIG. 3 a, each first terminal 301 has acontact portion 302, a bended portion 303 and a pin 304, the pluralcontact portions 302 are respectively received in the first terminalslots 212, the plural pins 304 are exposed outside the housing 10;wherein an arc-shaped bending part 305 is formed between the bendedportion 303 and the contact portion 302 and an arc-shaped bending part306 is formed between the bended portion 303 and the pin 304. A distalend of each pin 304 is horizontally bended so as to be parallel to eachother. As such, compared to the three bending parts of the conventionalterminal 100 as shown in FIG. 1, the first terminal 301 of the presentinvention only has two bending parts 305, 306 for shortening the signaltransmission path of the first terminal 301 and the arc-shaped bendingparts 305, 306 are more beneficial for the transmission of highfrequency signal compared to the right-angle bended bending part ofconventional terminals.

The contact portion 302 is further provided with a bump 307 forfastening the contact portion 302 in the base member 20 so as to preventthe first terminal 301 from up/down shaking

The second terminal set 40 has a plurality of second terminals 401, thequantity thereof is ten and disposed on the bottom surface 213 of thetongue piece 21, as shown in FIG. 3 b, each second terminal 401 has acontact portion 402, a bended portion 403 and a pin 404, the pluralcontact portions 402 are respectively received in the second terminalslots 214, the plural pins 404 are exposed outside the housing 10;wherein an arc-shaped bending part 405 is formed between the bendedportion 403 and the contact portion 402 and an arc-shaped bending part406 is formed between the bended portion 403 and the pin 404. A distalend of each pin 404 is horizontally bended so as to be parallel to eachother. As such, compared to the three bending parts of the conventionalterminal 100 as shown in FIG. 1, the second terminal 401 of the presentinvention only has two bending parts 405, 406 for shortening the signaltransmission path of the second terminal 401 and the arc-shaped bendingparts 405, 406 are more beneficial for the transmission of highfrequency signals compared to the right-angle bended bending part ofconventional terminals.

The contact portion 402 is further provided with a bump 407 forfastening the contact portion 402 in the base member 20 so as to preventthe second terminal 401 from up/down shaking

Moreover, a plurality of partition slots 25 are installed at the rearend of the base member 20 and below the second terminal slots 214, thequantity thereof is the sum of the quantity of first terminals 301 andthe quantity of second terminals 401, e.g. the sum is twenty; thepartition slots 25 are served to accommodate the plural pins 304, 404,but also served to separate the plural pins 304, 404 and to allow theplural pins 304, 404 have the same heights for facilitate weldingoperations.

As shown in FIG. 4, when assembling the base member 20, the firstterminal set 30 and the second terminal set 40, the contact portion 302of each of the first terminals 301 is respectively installed in thefirst terminal slot 212 from the rear end of the base member 20, and thepins 304 thereof are downwardly extended and fastened in the partitionslots 25; then the contact portion 402 of each of the second terminals401 is respectively installed in the second terminal slots 214 from therear end of the base member 20, and the pins 404 thereof are downwardlyextended and fastened in the partition slots 25, wherein the pins 304,404 are aligned in parallel; the assembled base member 20 is installedin the accommodating space 11 from the long interval defined at thebottom end of the housing 10, so the latching blocks 22, 23 arerespectively exposed and latched at lateral walls between the connectingarms 19 and the housing 10. The assembled display port connector of thepresent invention is able to be served to receive a display port plug(not shown).

As mentioned above, the display port connector provided by the presentinvention has following advantages: 1. the terminal has two arc-shapedbending parts for reducing the signal transmission distance and beingadventurous for high frequency transmission; 2. the rear end of the basemember is installed with plural partition slots for accommodating thepins and also for separating the pins and letting the pins have the sameheights; and 3. the contact portion is further installed with a bump forfastening the contact portion in the base member so as to prevent theterminal from up/down shaking Thus the display port connector of thepresent invention is novel compared to conventional display portconnectors.

It is to be understood, however, that even though numerouscharacteristics and advantages of the present embodiments have been setforth in the foregoing description, together with details of thestructures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure isillustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially inmatters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principlesof the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad generalmeaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.

1. A display port connector, comprising: a housing having anaccommodating space; a base member received in said accommodating space,the front end thereof being extended with a tongue piece, a top surfaceof said tongue piece being installed with a plurality of first terminalslots, a bottom surface of said tongue piece being installed with aplurality of second terminal slots, and said first terminal slots andsaid second terminal slot being staggered with an up/down arrangementmeans; a first terminal set having plural first terminals, each of saidfirst terminals having a contact portion, a bended portion and a pin,said contact portion being received in said first terminal slot, saidpin being exposed outside said housing, wherein an arc-shaped bendingpart being formed between said bended portion and said contact portionand another arc-shaped bending part being formed between said bendedportion and said pin; and a second terminal set having plural secondterminals, each of said second terminals having a contact portion, abended portion and a pin, said contact portion being received in saidsecond terminal slot, said pin being exposed outside said housing,wherein an arc-shaped bending part being formed between said bendedportion and said contact portion and another arc-shaped bending partbeing formed between said bended portion and said pin.
 2. The displayport connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing is made ofmetal materials, and the right side thereof has an oblique surfaceinstalled with a first opening having a buckling portion.
 3. The displayport connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein two sides of the rear endof said base member are respectively installed with a latching block. 4.The display port connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein bottom ends oftwo lateral walls of said housing are further extended with at least onewelding sheet for being installed and fastened on a printed circuitboard for achieving the purpose of fastening.
 5. The display portconnector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the quantity of said firstterminal is ten and said first terminals are disposed on said topsurface of said tongue piece; the quantity of said second terminal isten and said second terminals are disposed on said bottom surface ofsaid tongue piece.
 6. The display port connector as claimed in claim 5,wherein all said plural first terminals and said plural second terminalsare electrically connected to terminals of a display port plug.
 7. Thedisplay port connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the top wall andthe bottom wall of said housing are respectively installed with a secondopening having an inward-bended grounding resilient sheet.
 8. Thedisplay port connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality ofpartition slots are installed at the rear end of said base member andbelow said second terminal slots, the quantity thereof is the sum of thequantity of first terminals and the quantity of second terminals, foraccommodating said plural pins, for separating said plural pins and forallowing said plural pins having the same heights.
 9. The display portconnector as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said contact portionsis further installed with a bump for fastening said contact portion insaid base member.